Medvedchuk was detained on April 12, not earlier.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov said that the leader of the «Opposition Platform — For life» Viktor Medvedchuk was detained on the western border of Ukraine. The fugitive politician was not dressed in military camouflage, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
«Actually, he (Medvedchuk — ed.) wanted to get to Russia , but (detention — ed.) was on the western border», — said Danilov, commenting on the detention of the fugitive leader of the Opposition Platform for Life.
To the journalist's clarifying question that Medvedchuk was detained at the border with Hungary, the NSDC secretary replied: «You know more than us».
Danilov stressed that Medvedchuk was detained on April 12, and not earlier. He added that the Ukrainian power structures — not a PR agency, and if something happens, they immediately report to the public.
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council specified that Medvedchuk specially changed into a military uniform in order to cross the Ukrainian border. «Nobody wore him, they were his clothes», — Danilov said.
Recall that Medvedchuk's arrest became known on the evening of April 12. The fugitive politician was taken as a result of a special operation by the SBU. His bodyguard told about the place where the people's deputy is hiding.
Note that after the arrest of Medvedchuk (Putin's godmother), threats to the Ukrainian leadership rained down from Russia. For example, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will «respond» if something happens to the politician.